The Airlines Association of Thailand (AAT) is urging the government to let them add a fuel surcharge onto tickets for domestic flights, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to push up oil prices.
As oil prices surged by 40-50% from last year, airlines want to add the fuel surcharge onto domestic tickets to reduce the impact of such high volatility, said Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth, president of the AAT and Bangkok Airways.
A surcharge on domestic flights would be based on the price of fuel. If oil prices fall to a specific level in the future, no additional cost would be added onto air tickets.
The AAT has already submitted a letter to the…
